Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 29 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 29 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Thu, Jul 14, 2016, 2:48 AM GMT-4 (06:48 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 37 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-07-14 06:48:59 UTC
Depth
43.5 km (27.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.731° S, 71.454° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.4 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
159°
Stations used
46

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.187 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3714 days ago · 35 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 4.366 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3708 days ago · 32 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 4.637 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3708 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 4.3104 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3700 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.0110 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3698 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 5.046 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3698 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 4.599 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3697 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 4.558 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3696 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 4.841 km N of La Ligua, Chile · 3696 days ago · 84 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 9
  10. 3.854 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 3693 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.388 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3673 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.255 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3669 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 4.939 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3668 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4

Before

  1. 4.642 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3734 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3739 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 4.1101 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3739 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 5.028 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 3740 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 6
  5. 4.399 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3742 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 4.437 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3743 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 4.1114 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3745 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 4.080 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3747 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 4.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3748 days ago · 35 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 3.977 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3753 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20006eix. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:33 PM UTC.